Improvement in peat-machines



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IMPROVEMENT IN PEAT-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 171,210, dated December 21, 1875; application filed September 27,1875. I 1 i machinery for pulverizin g, sifting, drying, and

compressing the peat, therebypreparing the peat for use in furnaces, and also to the process of manufacturing thepeat for use, and

also to. mixing the peat with coal-oil, tar, or

other resinoid substances,"to give it a greater consistency and a higher heating power; and it consists in providing a mill for grinding the peat to any suitable fineness, and then passing the same through a sifting-reel to separate the peat from such foreign substances as may be mixed with itrin its natural condition, and then in providing means for drying the peat, and then of mixing the peat with coal-oil, coaltar, or other resinoids, and then compressing the peat, either alone or in combination with other substances, and delivering the same in a solid form for use for fuel.

In the drawings the same letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a vertical section through the length of the machine. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is an enlarged vertical section of the first half of themachine. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is an enlarged vertical section of the last halfof the machine. Fig. 4, Sheet 4, is a vertical crosssection of the machine at y y in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, Sheet 5, is a plan of the lowest drying-pan, showing the conveyers for moving the peat. Fig. 6, Sheet 6, is a plan view of the press. Fig. 7, Sheet 7, is a longitudinal vertical section of the press on the line w .r in Fig. 6. Fig. 8, Sheet 7, is a cross-section of the press on the line 2 z in Fig. 6.

In the drawings, A represents a mill for grinding the peat, which may be of any convenient construction. The peat is fed into this mill A through a spout or hopper, a. The revolving cylinder of the mill is-driven by the shaft f, upon which is placed the spur-gearing 0 which meshes into the spur-gearing c on the driving-shaft f, which is driven by any suitable connection. The mill A is provided with a screw and hand-wheel, w, to regulate the set of the grinding cylinder'or cone. as w are brackets for supporting the mill and the driving-shafts. b is the receptacle for the ground peat, and the passage from the mill to the bolting-reel B, where the peat is separated from the refuse, and drops down into the receptacle b while the refuse passes out at the spout d. O is the elevator, passing over the pulleys gg, and having cups 6 for elevating the peat, which, when elevated, is emptied into the spout 0, provided with an opening,

with a slide covering it at h, and dropped into the dryingpans D, which are provided with a double bottom, inclosing an air-tight space,

in which is circulated steam or hot air introduced through the pipe Gr. When steam is used for drying the peat the condensed water is returned to the boiler through the pipe It. For the purpose of distributing the peat, and keeping it in motion while drying, the pans Dare provided'with the s'crew-conveyers F, which are driven by the spur-gearing i on the horizontal shaft 10 which is driven by suitable gearing on the vertical shaft 11 which,

in turn, is driven by any convenient connecstream to the entrance of the press I. The

conical endless screw is driven by a spurgearing, u, on its upper end, connected with the main shaft u by the necessary shaft and gearing. H is a reservoir for containing coal-screening, coal-tar, or other substances to be mixed with the peat. This reservoir H connects with the hopper E by the spout p, in which is fitted the slide q, for the purpose of closing the spout p when not in use, or to regulate the flow of the material to be mixed with the peat as required. The reservoir H is heated by steam or hot air, conveyed from the boiler through the pipe G which is closed,

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when not used, by the valve 0. The mixture of the peat with" the coal-tar or other substances is made while the peat and coal-tar 'are heated, and the mixture is, therefore, more complete and intimate than it would beif the peat was cold.

In the passage through the hopper E and the conical endless screw E the peat and the added material are forced into close contact,

. and pass from the hopper to the pressing-niachine I, Figs. 7 and 8. At the opening E, between the head-piece K and the bridge-piece d this opening E extends downward to the bed-piece c, which forms the bottom of the ways through which the piston e reciprocates. This piston e is connected at its outer end to the cross-head D which reciprocates on the ways b and the cross-head b is connected, by journals u, to the connecting-rod 0 by the boxes I). The connecting-rod c has at its other extremity a ring, m which in- -is governed by the set-screw M, which is connected with the swage-block K by a ball-and- The set-screw a passes through a thread out in the bridge-piece a, and is turned by means of the toothed wheel a, which meshes into the endless screw a on the shaft 11?, which is rotated by means of the handwheel 0 When the peat is dropped into the opening E the forward movement of the piston e forces a portion forward into the channel between the bed-piece e and the under side of the swage-block K, which channel gradually contracts toward its outer end, thereby compressing the peat into a hard solid body, which is forced out of the machine onto the ways or trough K ready for use. In pass ing from the trough K the peat, as it passes beyond the end of the trough, breaks off in.

pieces, as at L fit for handling or storage.

I am aware that peat in a cold state has been mixed with'coal-tar and refuse coal, and other substances, but never in a hot state.

I claim- I 1. In a peat-machine, and in combination, a grinding-mill, A, a bolting-reel, B, and an intermediate receptacle, 1), constructed and ar- .ranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a peat-machine, and in combination, a grinding-mill, A, an intermediate receptacle, b, a bolting-reel,B, and a receptacle, b connecting said reel with the entrance end of a conveyer-spout, the parts named being arranged one above the other, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The series of double-bottomed pans D, arranged one above the other, in combination with the conveyer'F, the pipe Gr, substantially as and for the purposes set-forth.

4. The combination of the mill A, boltingreel B, the elevator G, the pans D, and conveyers F, substantially as described.

5. In combination, the conical hopper E, the conical endless screw E, and the conveyer F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 6. The combination of the mill A, the bolting-reel B, the elevator G, the drying-pans D, the conveyers F, with the conical hopper E.

7. The combination of the mill A, boltingreel B, elevator U, drying-pans D, conveyer F, conical hopper E, with the conical endless screw E "8: The combination of the steam-pipe G reservoir H, pipe 1), with the conical hopper E and the conical endless screw E substantially as described.

9. The combination of the swage-block K, the bed-piece 0 the set-screw a with the bridge-piece a, substantially as described.

10. The combination of the main shaft u the eccentric m the'connecting-rod 0 the cross-head b the piston 0 and the guides e and e substantialiy as described.

11. The combination of the swage-block K, the bridge-piece 11 with the frame I and the bed-piece 0 substantially as described.

12. The combination of the frame I, the

13. The combination of the conical hopper E, the conical screw E, with the swage-block K, the bridge-piece d the main shaft u}, the eccentrics m the connecting-rod 0 the cross head b the piston 0 and the guides a and 0 substantially as described.

14. The combination of the mill A, boltingreel B, the elevator G, the drying-pan D, with the conveyers F, the conical hopper E, with the conical endless screw E, the main frame I, the swage-block K, the bridge-piece d the bed-piece e, the main shaft to, the eccentrics m the connecting-rod 0 the cross-head b the piston 0 the guides e and a, substantially as described. v

15. The combination of the mill A, boltingreel B, the elevator O, the drying-pans. ;-D, with the conveyers F, the reservoir H, the steam or hot-air pipes G the hopper p, the conical hopper E, with the conical endless screw E the main frame I, the swage-block K, the bridge-piece 61 the bed-piece e, the maiitshaft u the eccentric m*, the connectingrodc the cross-head b the piston e the guides e and e, the bridge-piece a, the set-' screw a, the journal t, substantially as dev scribed.

ALBRECHT EDWARD BARTHEL.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHAS. J. HUNT. 

